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EVACUATION OF
NIU-CHUANG DUE
Iff] St. Petersburg Expects ItWill
Give Japs Another Valuable
Base.
KUROPATKIN CAN'T
TAKE THE OFFENSIVE
Keller Faces Japs Awaiting Bat-
tleHot Times at Port
Arthur.
St. Petersburg, July 12.Colonel
Nievitsky of the general staff, in an
Interview today, says:
"The result of the loss of Kai-chau
will probably be the evacuation of
Niu-chuang.
"General Kuropatkin's position is
more difficult than that which con
fronted Lord Roberts in South Africa.
It Is as tho Lord Roberts had been
forced to receive his supplies by rail
by way of Constantinople, Cairo and
Central Africa.
"It will be a long time before Gen
eral Kuropatkin will have enough su p
plies and men to assume the offensive.
In the meanwhile he will have to
fight rear guard actions, perhaps giv
ing up important positions like Niu
chuang, which are of vastly mo re co n
sequence th an Kai-chau."
READY FOR DEATH GRAPPLE
Jap and Slavs Face Each Other on
Liank River.
Headquarters of General Count
Keller, Niut-klay, Eleven Miles
West of Lian-dian-sian, July 12.Tho
opposing armi es are grimly facing each
other on the heights across the Liank
river, ready to engage in a death
grappl e.
The Liank crosses he main Liao
yang road. It flows north into the Tai
tse river, which passes thru Hao-yang
and empties into the Liao river.
The correspondent of he Associ
ated Pre ss who arrived here after a
thirty-five mile ride from Siao-lindji,
saw long lines of infantry and trans
port trains winding thru mountains.
A Lian-dian-sian a lookout, sta
tioned in a treetop, pointed out the
way to General Keller's headquarters
near Niut-kiay. There the Russian
I eastern army was found hidden in the
hills. In a plain tent he correspond
ent saw General Keller living like a
simple soldier, his staff being quar
tered in a native hut nearby. The
general looked cheerful and was
bronzed by exposure. talked en
I thusiastically of he engagement at
Hoi-yan.
Around he general's tent were
many officers of the guards, the pride
Of St. Petersburg. To see them as
Weather-beaten as the Cossack offi
cers, one could scarcely believe them
to be the dashing guardsmen of the
Russian capital. They have become
hardened fighters, for hardly a day
passes without collisions between the
advance posts of the eastern army
and the Japanes e.
The whole army is anxious to fight
General Kurokl, whose headquarters
are at Vandiapudze and whose men
are entrenched on he other side of
the river. he burning question is
who will be the first to cross the dread
gall ey of the Liank river.
SORTIE FROM PORT ARTHUR
Xan and Sea Attack on Besiegers
Temporari ly Effective.
Bpeoial to The Journal.
Paris, July 12.T he Petit Parisien
Bays a rumor is current in St. Peters
i burg of a oombined triumphal sortie
of he Port Arthur squadron and a
part of he garrison. The Russian
ships are said to have succeeded in
putti ng to sea in the direction of the
Korea straits. The sortie of General
Stoessel's troops is reported to have
been attended with success.
A strong attack on he town by the
Japanese followed he sortie.
It is also stated that the Vladivo
stok squadron has made another raid
on Yen-san.
The Echo de Paris says he Port
'Arthur garrison is said at St. Peters
burg to have captured four guns and
eighty prisoners. he paper's cor
respondent says the heigh ts in the
rear of the fortress are surmounted by
100,000 Japanese troops.
The Petit Parisien also hea rs fr om
Chi-fu by way of St. Petersburg that
the vangua rd of the Japanese army
has reached Yin-kow and that a seri
ous engagement is in progress on the
Russian right flank.
JAPAN OFFERS TERMS
Willing to Quit for Korea, if China I
Given Manchuria.
Bpeoial to The Journal,
Berlin, July 12.Information has
reached the foreign office that Japan
a few days a go unofficially informed
friendly powers that she was willing
to cease hostilities on condition that
her right to annex Korea should be
recognized and that Manchuria would
be returned to China. The suggestion
was conveyed to Russian officials, who
refused to consider the matter.
FAKE GUNS FOOL. SLAVS
Japs Draw Russian Fire From Gen
ui ne Batteries.
Zfow York Bun Bpeoial Service.
London, July 12.The Telegra ph
correspondent at St. Petersburg wires:
According +o the latest telegra ms
from Ta-tche-kiao a great battle is
expected there hourly. he Russians
are complaining that the Japane se em
ploy a considerable number of wooden
articles painted to resemble heavy
cannons which, now that smokeless
powder Is used, are often mistaken for
genuine artillery. On these dummies
the Russians concentrate a scathing
fire while the real gu ns are screened
from view, and as a few minutes start
in an\ artillery attack sometimes makes
all he difference between victory and
defeat, the Japanese owe many of
their successes to this device.
Japs Approach Niu-chuang.
Niu-chuang, July 12, Noon.Chi
nese coming in fr om the country re
port the Russians everywhe re retir
ing before the Japanese, who are soon
expected here. Active preparations
are being made for defense at Ta
tche-kiao.
Togo's Torpedbs in Attack.
Tokio. July 12, Noon.Admiral
Togo reports th at at midnight, July.
11, torpedo boats approached the
boom which blocks the entrance to
Port Arthur harbor and attacked the
guardship Diana with torpedoes. he
result has not been ascertained. he
.Japanese boats returned undamaged.
.JW^ -T:4,
HONORED PRELATE
REACHES ST. PAUL
Cardinal Satalli Being Shown
Every Attention by Twin
City Catholics.
CARDINAL SATOLLI,
Power in the Roman Church, Now
a Guest in the Twin Cities.
Monsignor Satolli of Rome, cardi
nal archbishop of the holy Roman
church, arrived in St. Paul at 11:25
today on the regular train of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway.
His welcome at the Union station
was a quiet and unostentatious greet
ing, quite American in its simplicity,
and yet worthy of his distinguished
character. Archbishop Ireland was on
the platform to welcome his guest.
Archbishop Ireland's representa
tives, Bish op O'Gorman, of Sioux
Falls, S. D., and Rev. Father Heffron,
rector of St. Paul's seminary, journey
ed to Chicago and accompanied the
cardinal to St. Paul. Archbishop Ire
land brought with him to the station
his private secretary, Rev. Father
Wilber, and the two sat in he publio
waiting room in democratio fashion
waiting for the train.
A the train pulled in, he arch
bishop and his secretary hasten ed
down the long platform and reoeived
the cardinal, who came forward with
both hands uplifted in the demon
strative manner which Americans are
accustomed to attribute to Italians.
The cardinal and he archbishop
greeted each other warmly, for they
are old friends.
Brief introductions followed and
congratulations were exchanged be
tween members of he party. There
were in he cardinal's party the Rev.
Father McGloyn, rector of the cathe
dral at Buffalo, N. Y. Rev. Dr. Mar
ruchi, Rev. Dr. Satolli, cousin of he
cardinal, and Rev. Dr. Dlonjoni, all
of Rome, together with Bishop O'Gor
man and Rev. Father Heffron.
The cardinal is a spare gentleman
of small physique, smiling face and
a demonstrative, agreeable manner.
was. like all he clerical gentle
mei, dressed in plain black, and wore
a silk hat.
he cardinal, he archbish op and
the bishop were driven to the arch
bishop's residence on Portla nd and
Chatswor th streets, while Father Hef
fron took charge of the rest of the
party, who were taken to St. Paul's
seminary, where they will be his
guests.
The cardinal spent the day quietly
with Archbishop Ireland. A number
of the bishops of the ohurch who
had come to the city to honor the
dignitary had the pleasure of meet
ing him at dinner at he archbishop's
house. They included Bishops Cotter
of Winona, Trobec of St. Cloud, Mc
Golrick of Duluth, O'Gorman of Sioux
Falls, Shanley of Farg o, Garrlgan of
Sioux City, Scannell of Omaha, Len
nahan of Great Falls and Archbishop
Redwood of New Zealand.
A public reception will be given for
he cardinal tomorrow evening at the
Hotel Ryan. will leave Friday
evening over the Soo line to take
steamer for Buffalo.
Cardinal Satolli's only visit to Min
neapolis will be Friday noon, when he
will be entertained by he priests of
the city.
JAILER HELD UP
PRISONER FREED
Masked Men Overpower Keeper
and Release Their Pal at
White Bear.
A bold jail delivery, in whioh three
masked men liberated a pickpock et
named Kelly, occurred at White Bear
about midnight last night. Charles
Sandahl, nightwatchman at the jail,
was held up at the point of revolvers
by three men, who took his keys from
him, liberated Kelly and then wrap
ping a shirt about Sandahl's head,
placed im in the prisoner's cell.
Kelly was arrested Sund ay night.
was caug ht picking pockets among
the excursionists and was araigned
before Justice James Lonergan yester
day. A continuance was granted.
Kelly was known to the officers
who arrested him and is evidently a
profesisonal "dip." One of the men
who participated in the jail delivery
was a mulatto and had one hand
tied up.
CHICAGO TO GDBA
IN 25-FOOT GRAFT
Now York Sun Speoial Servioo,
Chicago, July 12.In a twenty-five
foot craft, C. K. Frost and H. A. Pet
erson of this city, intend to journey
by water fr om Chicago to Cuba.
Their trip will be made by way of the
Illinois and Michigan canal, he
Mississippi river, the Gulf of Mexico
and the Atlantic ocean. They will
start about Aug. 1 and will take
photographs on their trip. The ves
sel is the sailboat Aztec, especially
equipped for the voyage. Her sail
area is 400 feet and the boat com
bines the qualities of the dory and
life boats.
The return trip is to be made on
the Atlantic, the plan being to sail
to New York, up the Hudson river to
the Erie canal and thru it to the
Great Lakes and thence to Chicago^
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SHEEHAN.PROBABLE
PARKER MANAGER
Belmont Not Likely to Be Chosen
Democratic National Chair-
man.
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WILLIAM F. SHEEHAN,
New York Democratic Leader, "Who
May Direct Campaign.
Nw York Bun Speoial Servioe.
Esopu s, N. Y., July 12.Norman
E. Mack, he committeeman from
New York, will urge the selection of
"William F. Sheehan as national chair
man of he national committee. It is
confidently thought here among he
friends of Judge Parker that Mr.
Sheehan is entitled to the position,
and that he will be elected.
Mr. Sheehan arrived here yester
day and after a short conferen ce with
Judge Parker went to his home.
Before goi ng to his house Mr..Shee-
han said that he national committee
will meet in New York in two weeks
and organize and next day he a
tional committee and the committee
on notification will go to Rosemont
and notify Judge Parker. The cam
paign will then begin. The real di
rection will be conduct ed from the
Sheehan house, which is larger than
Rosemont. Mr. Sheehan looked tired
and worn.
David B. Hill came on the same
train with Mr. Sheehan as far as
Albany, postponing his intended visit
fiere.
It is a pretty safe prediction th at
August Belmont will not be chairman
of the national committee.
The return here of "William F.
Sheehan from he St. Louis conven
tion yesterday marks the opening of
the national democratic campaign,
which will be largely conduct ed from
Esopus. Actu al plans for he cam
paign have not be en completed, but
it is probable Judge Parker will re
main at Rosemont most of he sum
mer and fall.
His friends say Judge Parker will
advise on all''questions of importance
which may come up during the cam
paign. Judge and Mrs. Parker will
dine with Mr. and Mrs. Sheehan this
evening, unless he Ulster coun ty dele
gation, which returned from St. Louis
today, decides to come to Esopus fr om
Kingston and serenade the judge. Mr.
Sheehan expects to entertain many po
litical visitors at his summer home,
Attwood, between Esopus and "West
Park.
Judge Parker will answer personally
all congratulatory telegrams and mes
sages. spent several hours at this
work todav.
Judge Parker was routed out of
bed at 1 o'clock this morning by one
of his coach horses getting loose from
he barn and galloping around he
barnyard. and Secretary McCaus
land dressed and went to he barn.
Continued on Second Page.
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TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1904.
PAYNE5FIGURES UP
DEMOCRACY'S DOOM
Postmaster General Says Parker
and Davis Cannot Win
'Election.
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Build
ing, Washington.
Washington, July 12.Postmaster
General Payne, whose long connection
with the. management of presidential
campaigns gives his opinion weight,
predicts that he democratio ticket
will be defeated. Discussing he out
look, Mr. Payne said:
"I do not see how It is possible for
the democratic ticket to be elected.
Mr. Davis was undoubtedly nominated
for the purpose of carrying West-"Vir-
ginia and Maryland for the demo
crats. It was a clever move on he
part of the party managers, but I be
lieve West "Virginia is solidly repub
lican.
"Since the ticket was nominated, I
have done some figuring on the elec
toral vote. It requires 289. votes'to
elect a president and vice president.
Exactly this number of votes can be
safely counted for he republican
party. Of the remaining 238 electoral
votes, seventy-eight must be placed in
the doubtful column. Of the doubtful
votes, the republican party will secure
at least one-half, and while I do not
wi sh to appear too enthusiastic, I do
not belie ve It possible for he Parker
and Davis ticket to win.
"In my calculations I have given
New Tork, Maryland and New Jersey
to the democrats. Of course we do not
concede New York to the democrats,
but my figures show that Roosevelt
can be elected without he Empire
state. New Jersey will certainly be
found in he republican column when
he votes are cast, and while I have
placed West Virginia in the doubtful
column, it Is safely republican. Con
necticut will also.be carried by he e
publicans, and the same is true of
Colorado, Idaho and Utah.
"I am not familiar with he record
of Senator Davis and he has not been
in public life ,for some years, but I
have no doubt that his record will fur
nish considerable material for the re
publican stump speakers."
H. C. Stevens.
CASTRO DEMANDS
MANY BOLIVARS
Venezuela's President Threatens
MTe York Asphalt Co. With
$7,500,000 Suit.
Washington, July 12.President
Castro of Venezuela has demanded
50,000,000 bolivars (about $7,500,000),
from the New York and Bermudez
Asphalt compan y, and has given no
tice thru one of his cabinet ministers
of his intention to* proceed legally be
fore Venezuelan courts to .secure the
money, TJie president .baseshis claim
on the allegation th at he aspha lt
company gave material a id to the late
revolutionary movement, and especial
ly to General Mates, whereby he Cas
tro government was put to he neces
sity of expending 50,000,000 to sup
press the rebellion. The suit is the
culmination of leng litigation grow
ing out of the claim of a rival co n
cern, the Warner-Quinlan syndicate,
to part of he asphalt lake at Feli
cidad. he supreme court of Venezu
ela gave judgment in favor of the
New Tork company. The suit which
General Castro is now about to insti
tute is said to be he outcome of he
failure of the proceedings of he
Warner company.
The state department will watch
developments in Caracas.
THE PLEASED DEMOCRACY.
That',s
SENATOR W. A. CLARK,
Who Announces His Marriage to
Ward.
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Effort to Have Government Probe
the Colorado Strike Situa
tion Fails.
Oyster Bay, July 12.A committee
representing the Central Labor unions
in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties,
with a membership of 225,000 men,
principally miners or allied workmen,
came here today to present to Presi
dent Roosevelt personally resolutions
adopted by he several central labor
bodies they present, urging him to
investigate he Colorado labor situa
tion.
he members of the committee
were informed by Secretary Loeb that
a personal interview with the presi
dent could not be arranged. sug
gested th at they call on Nation al
Chairman Cortelyou in New York
with the resolutions, but they de
clined to accept he suggestion. They
left immediately for home to report
to a convention which now is in ses
sion .'at Pittston, Pa.
Senator Fairbanks and National
Chairman George B. Cortelyou, who
were overnight (guests of President
Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, left here
for New York today. Senator Fair
banks will remain in New York until
this evening,. when he will return to
Indianapolis. Chairman Cortelyou
will stop ,in New York for several
days to make preliminary arrange
ments for the work of he campaign.
The conference at Sagamore Hill
continued until an early hour this
morning, but no information concern
ing it was obtainable.
PALMA TROPHY UP AGAIN.
Bisley, Eng., July 12.The council of
the National Rifle association today de
cided that last year's contest for the
Palma trophy should be considered abor
tive and that the trophy shall be re
tained by England as custodian until an
other match is arranged.
MONTANA POLITICIAN DEAD.
Colorado Springs, Col., July 12.Peter
R. Bollman of Butte, Mont., died hojra
after a long illness. The remains were
taken to Louisiana, Mo., for burial.
Colonel Bollman served several terms in
the legislatures of Montana and Idaho.
the first time I've been able to make those two wings
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SOOIFTY
His
225,000 APPEAL
TO THE PRESIDENT
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SENATOR CLARK WEDS FAMIN E PERI I N
HIS BEAUTIFUL WARD
MRS. W. A. CLARK,
Formerly Miss Anna La Chappelle and i
i the Senator's Ward.
NEWS SURPRISED
THE FAMILY HERE
Mrs. La Chappelle Has Long Been
Unwittingly a Millionaire's
Mother-in-law.
have be en for three years with
out knowing it the mother-in-law of
a modern Midas, a copper king
whose wealth is untold, a lavish devo
tee of art, a wielder of destinies, has
be en the lot of a Minneapolis woman.
Two central figures of a Cinderella
like tale that was unfolded last night
in New York live here, the mother and
the sister of the beatiful girl whose
dainty foot fitted he prince's silver
slipper.
A Marseilles, France, May 26, 1901,
Senator W A. Clark of Montana mar
ried Anna B. a Chappelle, his ward,
the striking and accomplished daugh
ter of Mrs. a Chappelle, 4018 Bryant
aven ue S, and sister of Mrs. B. S.
Hoyt. The senator last night an
nounced his marriage.
Besides being he mother-in-law of
the famous mining king, Mrs. a
Chappelle finds th at she is the grand
mother of a charming little miss born
two years ago in France.
Senator Clark has be en a widower
ten years. His family had no objec
tion to a second marriage, yet Mrs.
Clark Culver and Mrs. Lewis Ruther
ford, his daughters, were -not per
mitted to red**fcfti6--test chapter of a
remarkable romance begun nine years
ago until shortly after Mr." Clark's ar
rival fr om a European trip on the
Teutonic June 30. was then on his
way to S Louis for the democratio
convention. Their surprise was as
keen as will be th at of Mrs. Clark's
relatives in Minneapolis to know that
a culmination of the romance th at was
expected has be en for three years a
matter of private history.
Blind God Follows Goddess.
It was while in one of the western
mining towns, where his interests lie,
that Senator Clark, about nine years
ago, was present when he miners
and their wives and families were
enjoying a Fourth of July celebra
tion. All manner of costumes were
worn by young men and women, but
th at which particularly caught the
eye of Senator Clark represented a
goddess of liberty. It was graoefully
worn by a young woman, probably
35 yea rs his junior. Senator Clark
made inquiries and learned the god
dess was impersonated by Miss Anna
E. LaChappelle.
Senator Clark pursued his inquiries.
learned that a Chappelle, he
.father of he girl, was a French Ca
nadian physician, who, with his wife
and family, had turned to the United
States and its western fields for a
livelihood. a Chappelle died sudden
ly in Chicago, and soon after Senator
Clark decided to extend financial as
sistance to he family, not for Anna
a Chappelle alone, but for her wid
owed mother and children. was
introduced to Mrs. a Chappelle and
thus met her children. recognized
Anna as a girl endowed with unusual
intelligence.
Senator /Clark made the girl his
ward, and soon after this provided
her with opportunities for such tui
tion as he considered she should have.
It began in seminaries in this coun
try and finished in schools abroad and
in extensive travel.
Apparently a Parisienne.
Mrs. Clark is now in Paris. I ap
pearance she is so French that she is
rarely taken for an American. Dur
ing her three yea rs in Paris she is
said to have acquired all he accent
and manner to make her seem abso
lutely a Parisian. She has become
more and more charmin g. When she
left Butte to take up musical studies,
she had yout h, health, talent, beauty,
everything but money. She now has
that and is to be the queen of the
mo st magnificent and palatial
residence in he American metropolis.
A brilliant, splendid woman, with
coal-black tresses and dazzling white
teeth, Mrs. Clark is a striking woman.
And she has developed a magnificent
voice of musical powe r. She is fitted
for he commanding social position
which the wife of Senator Clark must
necessarily occupy.
Senator Clark is not more th an
sixty-five. is alert, vigorous,
wiry and of tremendous energy. For
some ti me he has be en building a
mansion at Seventy-seventh street
and Fifth avenue in New York. Why
a widower, with children grown up,
and in establishmen ts of their own,
should need such a residence, no one
could conjecture. And why he spe nt
fortunes on priceless rugs and in
valuable art collections was inexplica
ble.
The announcement last night is he
solution. was providing for his
young wife and her diminutive daugh
ter.
Not alone Minneapolis and Butte
and New York, but the whole wor ld
will read the history of this tre
mendous romance and smile approval.
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CIVIL WAR HERO DEAD.
Lawrence, Kan'., July 12.W. P. Dock
ray, who during the civil war was cap
tain of the gunboat De Soto of the At
lantic blockading squadron-is dead at his
home here, aged 89 years. v.,
14 PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK.
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PACKERS' STRIKE
Fifty Thousand Employees of the
Beef Trust Plants Quit
Their Work.
MEAT SUPPLY OP
#*!$
At
COUNTRY MENACED
'.&
Meager Stocks of Dressed Meats
on Hand and Livestock Pur- &w
chases Stopped. ^^1
Menacing the meat supply of the *M
entire United States, a strike of the
50,000 employes of he packing plants ff|
in the nine principal packing centers ff|
beg an at noon today. From the Chi
cago plants come statements of
dressed meat stocks sufficient for less 5wJ|
than a week's normal orders, while ,iM
fr om Kansas City similar tidings *$L
come, simultaneo us with orders for-. 'tj||
bidding the purchase of livestock. fSjjs
The Minneapolis Situation.
Local conditions point to a meat ^-3
fami ne in Minneapolis unless the '|ij
strike is settled with in a week. At."'f
present the big packing companies.
have on hand in their local cold
storage houses, a supply for only two.
or three days. he big shipments
of meat for Minneapolis are started
Mondays and Tuesdays and arrive
here Wednesdays and Thursdays.
The se shipments for this week are 7*
accordingly on their way, and their i*.
receipt will relieve the local market. i^
for several days moremaking about
a week in all, the limit of ti me for
which the supply will hold out. Lit- 1
tie or no relief can be looked for
fr om he little abattoirs thruout this
state and he Dakotas. Many of
these are closed dow n. And at the
best, the meat supplied for the few
that still operate is not only exceed-:-. -i
ingiy small in quantity, but of the
poorest quality. If he strike hold
over a week, a meat famine in Min
neapolis seems inevitable.
Following the orders of their lead
ers in Chicago, employes of Swift & V.
Co.'s South St. Paul plant to the num
ber of 600, members of the Almaga-^
mated Butchers and Meat Cutters'
Union of America, walked out at noon ,0
today.
he walkout was orderly in eve ry
way. A 11:30 he men in he various
departments notified he heads of de-,
partments that they would stop work'
at noon, and, at that hour, gather ed
up their tools and dinner pails and
quietly left the various buildings in
which they were employe d. The
strike was expected by Swift & Co.,
and preparations for a practical su s
pension of work were made early in
he day. Buying of butcher stook
was decidely limited. Of he 3,000
hogs on sale, but 800 were purchased.
Cattle buyers bought nothing, and
only a few head of she ep were pur*
chased.
J. S. Bangs, local manager tor
Swift & Co., is out. of the city and,
in his absence, nothing of a definite
nature in connection with what, action
the local plant will take, can X9
learned. W E Lewis, assistant to
the manager, said he .thought an ef
fort might be m&e to continue work
but only in a sma ll way. said j
that onlyl the butechers and meet
cutters and su ch helpers as are co n
nected with these departments were,
as yet, affected and that he did not
believe th at the mechanical depart- ~-*j
ments, including he engineers, car- 'ij
penters and their helpers, would be
involved. 4'
Livestock Industry Suspended.
In all probability the livestook in
dustry of the whole northwest will be f.
almost totally suspend ed pending a kf
settlement of the difficulties. In this
settlement the South St. Paul people
will have little or no voice as the y,
headquarters of the employes and
packers are in Chicago. he local
strikers will merely obey orders from
Sou th St. Paul commission mer
chants are scheduled to ho ld a meet
ing tomarrow and, unless there is
some indication at th at time th at the
strike will be of short duration, an
order suspending business will prob
ably be issued. In he meantime "the
commission men, acti ng as individuals,
are notifying their shippers by wire
to withhold further shipments of
butcher stock until notified that a set
tlement has been reached.
The present strike has be en threat
ened since he latter part of May,
when an agreement under which the
packinghou se men were employed ex
pired. Since that day the representa
tives of the packers and the officials
of the Amalgamated Union have held
many sessions looki ng to the framing
of a new agreement. The union de
manded an advance from 17% to 18%
cents per hour for laborers, and this
has been repeatedly refused by the
packers. Other minor matters were
also included in the demands, of he
men, but the advance in pay has been
the real stumbling block in the way of j.
a settlement. The advance, while
amounting to little in individual cases,
would mean a total increase in pay
rolls, including all he packinghouses
ing he country, of between $3,000 and
$4,000 per day.
STRIKE STARTS I N CHICAGO
Police Prepare for Violence, Tho tlie
Strikers Are ?uiet.
Chicago, July 12.Without waiting?
till the hour set for a general strike
of the 49,600 employees in the nine
principal meat-packing centers of he $
country, beefcutters at the stockyards
here quit work considerably ahead of js
the time expected. he men who thus
anticipated the strike order are 700 in
number.
The number of men and women em
ployed in he packinghouses at the
various cities is estimated as follows:
Chicago, 20,000 Kansas City, 10,-
000 St. Joseph, 5,000 East St. Louis.
5,000 South Omaha, 5,000 Fort
Worth, 1,500 New Tork, 1,500 St.
Paul, 800 Sioux City, 800.
In addition to this great total, an
other 50,000 workers will be made
idle thru he strike of the butchers.
Before there was any actual cessa
tion of work, Chief of Police O'Neill
made a tour of the stockyards with
a view to deciding the best manner of
disposing of the police for protection
against possible violence. Half of he
total number of policemen at he
stockyards station and at two adjoin
ing stations were ordered held In re
serve to be available to meet any out
break.
Other stations in he southern di
visions of he city were notified to
have the policemen prepared for ex
tra duty.
It was stated that Assistant Chief of
Police Schuettler, who was active dur
ing the recent strike of street railway
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